Semiconvertible car.



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UNITED STATES WARREN M. SMITH, OF BOROUGH O ASSIGNOR TO JOHN A. BRlLL, OF

Patented September 22, 1903.

n PEosPEoT PARK, PENNSYLVANIA,

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SEM ICONVERTIBLE. CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,794, dated September 22, 1903.

Application filed May 13, 1903.

Serial Noi 1 56,928. (No model.)

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Be it known that-.1, WARREN M. SMrrn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough ot' Prospect Park, county of Delaware, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented nowand usefullmprovements in Semiconvertible Cars, ol'which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to railway-cars of an improved construction whereby either one or both of the upper and lower sashes of each window of the car may be lowered complet/ely below the window-sill and with the lower end of the lower sash considerably below the upper portion of the side sill of the car, thereby enabling the car to be particularly Well adapted for use as a closed or winter car or as an g open or summer car.

The object of this invention is to provide 1 animproved construction of the framework l whereby the windows may be made of maximum length and when the car is in its open l condition the sashes will be completely conj cealed in the sides of the car and also to prol vide a car which will be cheap, durable, and

angle-iron filling and metallic strip are secured together to form the side sill ot' a car.

Whilel have shown and described only one side sill and the parts connected with it, it is obvious that the other side sill of the car is a duplicate and is similar in all respects.

Stanchions 8 extend from the roofof the car to the side sill 2 and are bolted to the angleiron 3 and filling 5, as shown in Fig. il, by means of bolts 8,

The stanchions `8 are provided with the usual grooves 8b, 8"', and 8d for the sashes 9 and l0 and are connected on their inner edges by the side boards 11 and foctboards, as is usual in such constructions.

On their exterior edges the stanchions S are connected byA window-sills 13, which are provided with grooves 14 on their lower edges, to which the outer skin 15 of the car is se.- cured. The lower edge of the outer skin 15 is secured to a wooden lining 1.6, which is fixed tothe horizontal web 6 of the angleiron 3. A rubber or other cushion 1'7 is placed on the lining 16 to preventthe sash S) strong. Y

One embodiment of my invention which atj tains this object is disclosed in the following gand in the annexed drawings, forming a part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional view of a portion of my improved car, showing the sashes in the position which theyl occupy when the car is closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the sashes in the position which they occupy when the car is open; and Fig.y is a sectional view taken on the line a b of Fig. 2, showing a portion of the car-framing. Fig. 11 showsa section of a sill and a stanchion and means for securing them together.

Throughout the various views similar reference characters designate similar parts.

The car-frame 1 is provided with side sills 2, which consist of an angle-'iron 3, the vertical web e of which is secured to a wooden filling 5, and the horizontal web 6 is placed at the lower edge of the sill. A reinforcing-V from being jarred.

The sill 13 and board 11 are connected by the hinged sill-pieces 18, which extend between the stanchious and may be yraised when the sashes are to be moved into or out of the position theyoccupy when the car is open. The sill 2 is joined to the correspondling sill by means of crossings 19, which are secured to said side sills in any suitable'manner, as by chairs 19a and a liooring 20 on said crossings.

From the above it is obvious that my .improved construction enables window-pockets to be formed in the side sills of a car, which extend outside of the side sills and below the upper portion of the side sills and below the upper portion thereof, thus enabling thewindows to be made with the maximum length and without increasing the cost of manufacture of the car.

It is obvious that various changes may be made in the structure hereinbefore described without departing from the spirit and scope iron 7 is secured to the filling 5 on its opposite surface from the angle-iron 3, and the I of my invention and that my invention is angle-iron and an iron reinforce secured to said wooden filling.

3. In a earorsilnilar vehicle, side sills oomprising an angle-iron with a horizontal web extending outwardly from the lower edge thereof, a wooden filling fixed to the inner surface of said angle-iron, and a strip fixed to the upper surface of said horizontal web.

4. In a car or similar vehicle, a sill oomprising an angle-iron with an outwardly-ex-V tending horizontal web at its lower edge, a

wooden filling secured to the inner surface of said angle-iron, and a Strip with elast-io cushions secu red to the upper surface of said horizontal web.

5. In a ear or similar vehicle, a sill comprising an angle-iron with an outwardly-extending horizontal Web at its lower edge, and a wooden filling secured to its inner surface, and grooved stanehons secured to said angle-iron.

6. In a car or similar vehicle, a sill comprising an angle-iron Withan outwardly-extending horizontal Web at its lower edge, and a wooden strip secured to its inner surface, stanchions secured to said sill, window-sills uniting said stanchions, and a skin uniting said window-sills and sill.

Signed in the eity and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, thisllth day of May, 1903. y

' WARREN M. SMITH.

Witnesses:

- W. L. BULMER,

H. A. HEULINGS. 

